# How do we Julians win big when the situation is so unfair?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433
**Category:** Community
**Created:** [November 19, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433 "2023-11-19T11:13:27Z")
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### Author: ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433/38 "2023-11-20T21:25:58Z")

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Yes, I’m very well aware of that dynamic. It’s exactly what I’ve been discussing in some of the topics over at the Discourse Meta that I [linked above](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-we-julians-win-big-when-the-situation-is-so-unfair/106433/18).

It’s also something that we’ve tried to establish more community awareness around; e.g.,

> [@Avoiding unnecessary engagement in pointless arguments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/avoiding-unnecessary-engagement-in-pointless-arguments/99973):
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> It’s an essentially unavoidable fact that people will come to this forum and make confident statements or demands that reasonable people who are experienced in the language strongly disagree with. These people will sometimes (but not always!) do this in a nasty and unfriendly way. I understand that it is highly tempting to want to give your own personal perspective and weigh in on the issue, and that is valuable, but I would urge people to exercise restraint in doing so when several other peopl…

Honestly, I think we’ve been doing somewhat better lately, but we can always further improve!

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